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MISCELLANEOUS TRICKS WITH

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Including a Fifteen Minute Act With Silks

BY

GEO. DE LAWRENCE

Published By GERALD HBANEY Berlin, Wise.

r CONTENTS P a ge 4 Introductory 5 Care of Silks . ...

Twentieth Century Flag or Handkerchief Trick... 6 6 Prepared Handkerchiefs 7 Method No. 2 7 Method No. 3 8 Method No. 4 Vanishes: 9 The Bautier Pull 10 The Finger Tip 11 The Mirror Glass 12 Wand Vanisher 13 Production of Handkerchiefs 13 A Home-Made Production ..

13 An Easy Production 13 Vest Production 14 The Crystal Handkerchief Casket.

15 Extra Finger 15 Production With Ball 16 Handkerchief to Billiard Ball ..

16 Body Production _ 17 Cabinet Production 18 A Bit of Comedy 19 Handkerchief to Egg19 Solid Through Solid 20 Flying Handkerchief and Soup Plates..

21 The Devel's Handkerchief 21 The Dancing Handkerchief 22 Dyeing Handkerchief .

23 Protean Flag Trick 24 Kling Klang No. 1 25 Kling Klang No. 2 25 Flag- Vase 27 Tissue to Streamers to Flag 27 Handkerchief Changed in Hand 28 Chimney Vanish Vanishing Glass of Water ..

28 29 Handkerchief and Candle Trick .

30 Passe Passe Handkerchiefs "The Silky Slicker" .

32 A fifteen minute act with handkerchiefs, complete with patter.

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INTRODUCTORY S I have had repeated requests for a book on handkerchief tricks, I have compiled the following, which from my point of view comprise some of the best effects with the silks. Handkerchief tricks appeal to many, not only due to the fact that the effect is mysterious, but also from the fact that silks, while actually taking up but little space, make a flashy appearance.

There are many incidental pieces of apparatus for the production, vanish, etc., of handkerchiefs and flags, a number of which I have explained, though I do not advise the amateur to attempt the manufacture of same, excepting the very simplest, because, like all magical apparatus, attention must be paid to details; everything must be mechanically perfect to get the proper results, and for the slight difference between the cost of home manufacture and that asked by dealers, it will pay to patronize the latter, who are in the business and know just what is needed to produce the correct results.

As in most of my works, realizing that patter is greatly desired by purchasers of books, it is provided herewith for a complete fifteen minute act with handkerchiefs, which, by the way, would probably be a welcome sight to many audiences who have seen he pasteboard artist, and the mechanical magician so often they know the effects beforehand, and instead of being interested, are many times bored by his appearance.

Club workers should endeavor to change their program each year, not necessarily the entire program, but sufficiently to make the act a welcome sight to those that have witnessed it before.

In the smaller towns and cities, a club magician, if he be a good one, will appear year after year before the same clubs and societies. You would not want to hear your songster warble "When You Were Sweet Sixteen, Maggie," year after yearâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the same applies to the magician, though some fail to realize this important fact.

Very fraternally, (Signed) GEO. DeLAWRENCE. Author of: Some Card Effects and Magical Talk. A Vaudeville Magic Act. Modern Card Effects. Pitty Patter. The Mysteries of Crystal Gazing. Miscellaneous Tricks With Handkerchiefs.

Chicago, Illinois, January 5, 1921.